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#RAK ***QUICK UPDATE- Two mystery presents up for grabs! And the RAK's don't have to be MW related. Have a great day*** ๐๐๐It's my birthday! It's my birthday!๐๐๐Please tell me your favorite color and hoodie size and you might win a mystery birthday present. To enter please tell me a RAK experience you gave, witnessed or received. Good luck! RAK ends at the end of my birthday wee More...

First off, happiest of birthdays to you! Hope it's magical! People on here have been so generous and I have received many RAK that I constantly try to repay or pay forward. My favorite RAK is paying for parking for the vehicle behind me coming into the parking structure. To be able to give a bit of magic before they even park the car or enter the parks is fun for me. Please add me size Medium womens. Favorite colors are dark purple and dark blue! - missmimi90
1711.0 #81 10:56PM

Thank you! I was the receipent of this type of RAK at a toll bridge in the Bay Area. Put me in a great mood the rest of the day. - PrincessDuckie 795.1 #205 9:36AM

Yay!! ๐๐๐๐ happiest of birthdays to you!! Please add me thank you so much!! I'm new to the MW community & haven't won or done a RAK before but usually my kind of way to pay it forward is when we're at Disneyland, during parades & shows we usually always buy a snack or something for one of the kids next to us so they can enjoy themselves even more! :) I always try to figure out different ways to make someone else's experience even better than my own! Thank you so much for this fun RAK my favorite color is purple! ๐ฎ๐ I love it lol & size L women's please thank you :) - mandas1989
50.9 #4430 12:16AM

Thank you and welcome to MW! It's fun to hand guests RAK's although it makes me sad when they look at me like I'm crazy and refuse the RAK ๐๐ - PrincessDuckie 795.1 #205 9:37AM

I've never won a rak but did receive an unexpected rak of I believe it was 50 mw credits from @missariel33. Was so surprised and kind of her. In November I rakd a piece of disney history pin of the Disneyland railroad. The winner of that rak was @@@@JenGwen323 ย my rak went out later then expected and jen was so sweet and patient about what happened. Therefore I ended up including another piece of disney history pin and the 2nd one was of the finding Nemo ride. It felt really good not only to do the rak but surprise her with the extra pin. My favorite color is pink and size would be women xxl. Happy birthday to you! - stevesdisneyprincess
120.7 #3080 10:53PM

#rakthankyou - Missariel33 thank you for the frozen poster! And apologies for the late thank you post. Lil One put it away and didn't find it until now. I'm looking forward to framing it soon (and thank you too for the valentine goodies. Lil One is sharing them with her friends)

Did you know? That regulat Starbucks carries the same style mugs for cities and states? And there are vinyl figures- blind boxes like vinylmations - but not exclusively Disney? Found out both during a trip to Barnes and Noble today.

#RAK - I'm so excited, I asked for a FAMILY heart sticker and ta da, request granted! In celebration, in addition to the FAMILY sticker I will surprise you with a few other stickers. Good luck, RAK ends sometime on 2/14/15. ๐๐๐

Going through my pictures from last week ..,, where is this and who is Harper Guff?

From Wikipedia: Goff was a lifelong model train enthusiast. In 1951, while in a London model-making shop, he met Walt Disney when they both wanted to buy the same model train.As a result of having met Disney, he joined the Los Angeles artistic team of the Walt Disney Studios, a relationship that continued, off and on, until his death in 1993. His extraordinary work gave a distinctive character to a number of Disney productions. He is specifically credited with many of the finest inventive effects in Disney's first live-action film, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (which he art directed - even though the movie credit reads: "Production Developed By..." Goff designed the exterior of the Nautilus, along with every set/compartment within the submarine). The film was awarded two Oscars, for color art direction and best special effects. At that time, in 1954, the Art Directors Union had created a bylaw within the Academy of Motion Pictures, which stated that only union art directors could win the award. The Academy gave the award for Best Art Direction - Color 1954, to Goff's assistant, John Meehan, because he had a union card. (Goff went on to get a union card, but was never given the award.)Years later, Harper created the submarine, Proteus, for the film, Fantastic Voyage, and art directed the highly acclaimed Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.Goff also contributed heavily to the early renderings and concept art for Disney's proposed Mickey Mouse Park(which became the theme park known as Disneyland), and several areas of Walt Disney World theme park.He also played the banjo in the seven-piece Dixieland band called Firehouse Five Plus Two, formed by other Disney staff and led by trombonist Ward Kimball. In 1993, he was posthumously named a Disney Legend. - caramiapoohAKAface
3530.1 #31 10:17PM

Back then it was a "business" saying it was an artist - BaseballMickey_CM 6790.6 #9 1:36PM

That's across from the jungle cruise , above the store sorry I forgot the name of the store ๐ - MowgliLovesBaloo
45.9 #0 1:19PM

Right above my second home! I love to point this out to my trainees because a lot of people don't know the impact of Goff's vision of the Jungle Cruise and the rest of the park. - BaseballMickey_CM
6790.6 #9 1:24PM

I love that word..."Banjo". Gonna work it into conversation today. - dizneeJohn
705.5 #236 1:40PM

Now it's time to say Good Night! What a wonderful day we had today. My mom absolutely loved Carsland and RSR. She got to see the Route 66 light up at sunset and she was in awe. I didn't realize Little Mermaid is part of Paradise Pier and so it closed at 5:30, we got there at 5:50๐๐๐ I wanted to close the night with the ride I thought my mom would like the best but no TLM for her today ๐ More...

That darn Olaf. I'm sure you were wanting to get a picture of your daughter with the backside of that CM. - DLKenCA
2028.5 #62 3:26PM

๐๐ Olaf was doing that in between groups in his line for the people in line for the sledding. The timing was right for us. And speaking of sledding since Lil One is under 7 they made me gone on with her. Now that was an exercise! And we almost went off the stopping ramp ๐ณ๐๐ - PrincessDuckie 795.1 #205 7:49AM

It's weird that the print in the front of the castle is a completely different style that the back of the castle. See @vfgenie pic from yesterday. I like the backside print better. But regardless I'm glad they covered up the changes. - PrincessDuckie
795.1 #205 7:39AM

#RAKthankyou - so I'm currently sitting in my broken down car waiting for help so I decided to clean out my car. And I found my RAK from disneyfreak111. I'm so sorry for the delayed thank you, it is not an indication of indifference, just forgetfulness! (We just completed moving...). Initially I was going to save it for the kids during our next visit but I've decided I'm going to be selfish and s More...

Thanks! Car went hot immediately and started making noise. I was right by the train tracks luckily I made it to CVS parking lot. My hubby should be here shortly, hopefully he can fix it and it doesn't need to be towed. - PrincessDuckie 795.1 #205 12:24PM

Oh and I will be further up in N. County (Oceanside) later if you may need a ride! - ShariRenee 5630.5 #15 12:25PM

Thanks my friend! I am home now after another stop for overheating. Hubby's working on it, he thinks its the thermostat. - PrincessDuckie 795.1 #205 3:11PM

That's exactly what it sounds like. FYI have him test it, I had two bad ones in a row I had to return. Hopefully that's all it is! - ShariRenee 5630.5 #15 3:13PM

Thanks it looks like the water pump but we think its under warranty. We will find out tomorrow. Lol a few hours later our teen daughter got a complete flat on one of her tires that can't be repaired. And my hubby's truck sprang a leak too. It's been one of those days! ๐๐๐ - PrincessDuckie 795.1 #205 8:26PM

Wow, what a crazy day. I hope its all getting fixed easy for you. - keepmovingforward 161.7 #2437 2:23PM

Thinking ahead - I don't have an AP but I have to be there on May 22, 2015. It's been a three years since I've had an AP. Can anyone confirm if these statements are still true? 1) I can buy a one day one park pass at a grocery store for $97 and I can still use it after the prices go up. 2) There is no block out day for this one day ticket so I can use it on 5/22? 3) if I bought a SoCal Select I ca More...

Get the one day pass, go have fun, use it towards your AP that you purchase later that day. Ticket booths will probably be crowded early morning. Maybe?? - HandMeAChurroImmaFaint
5013.6 #18 10:18PM

Probably wont be to upgrade to AP, but a girl can dream! If I can make it on 5/22 I'm a happy camper. - PrincessDuckie 795.1 #205 10:27PM

** I would seriously consider getting an AP purchase from somewhere like Disneystore. There is a 90%+ chance that between now and March they will be RAISING the AP prices between $50-$100/yr. If you purchase the AP but don't activate it from DisneyStore you should be able to count it the first day of use and get the old prices. Once prices increase, you will have trouble finding those discounted AP cards any more. And if your one day ticket is $97, you only get $97 credit towards your AP. You don't really save anything. - DLKenCA
2028.5 #62 10:58PM

What is the earliest I can renew my passes? If I am up for renewal on April 10th, I would like to beat the price hike? - RadiatorSprings4Ever 1012.4 #162 11:35PM

#50thFlashback - May 5, 2005 Were you there for the 50th Opening Day? If so post your memories. As I mentioned I was there! Stayed at the Fairfield Inn, got in line two hours(?) early and the line was almost to Harbor. It was crazy you could feel the excitement. Luckily my dad and 6 year old daughter were able to handle it. I cried when we walked through the turnstiles and the CM sincerely said More...

You are welcome! Only non magical thing was I spent too much money on this day and I had to return some the next week. But it was 50th items that sold out the week before so it was others lucky day! - PrincessDuckie 795.1 #205 12:22PM

Was I really the only MWer at the parks on 5/5/05? ๐ณ - PrincessDuckie
795.1 #205 3:43PM